New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-03
NOTES FROM LONDON.
THE QUEEN AT OLYMPIA-GORDON THE
AUSTRALIAN POET.
LONDON, March %.

year anu al dSlccalic 1t1llniSccHccS are
not in order. Bani,hed be all such topics. In
Ilarc Of them not less than a column Of cnthlsl.
asm IN tie penny papers Will suffice to describe
Tins event. 1t might seem difficult to spread IL
over So much space, but there at least two
journals Which, have the secret. If you were
happy enough to have a Queen end IL Jubilee year
IN America you might lake lessons from them in
the art of genial gush. Begin thus:
Arranged as 10 leave the ordinary perform
ances OF the day free TO take their usual course
without let or lindrince, but indeed with In
creased popularity and enlivencd interest, her
Ma csty's visit to Olympia on Saturday morning
may without doubt be regarded as a significant
and welcome as well as gracious act in the early
part Of the Jubilee year.
If you think this q long sentence 1t will seem
short compared with the next which fills eighteen
lines as against the seven of the one have quoted
! The Queen not, Of course, quite alone She
had with her the ever faithful Prince and Princess
Henry of Battcnbcrg and three grandchildren and
sundry officials. In the court circular which is de-
voted to the event it is noted with curious par
| tlcularity that the CqucrI1cs in attendance were
on horseback. / do not understand that we are
meant to infer that they entered the arena on
horseback took part in the equestrian exercises
IL only means that, as usual, Major Biggc and
/ Colonel the Honorable w. Darlington rode by tic
carriage in which Her Majesty drove from Buck
| ingham Palace to tie remote suburb where the
| Oympians have pitched their tent. The tent IS OF
! brick and mortar ami lion and glass and holds
some $4,000 spectators. 10 most eyes 1t would
look better filed than empty. Not SO to the
Queens nor TO those Of her reporter on this oc-
casion. 10 him the Spectacle Of tic vast and
handsomely appointed interior spread forth IN the
suggcslN cncss OF its enormous capacity Is mos
imposing An mary mortal would have sid
That when the Queen arrived the performance be-
gon. The Jubilee style Is different:
NO time was lost III commencing the PERFORM
anccs regarding which II L. perhaps allowable u
say Il at all persons concerned III L'i.m were am
mated ly an q hu,lasm the more lcnGikahc loi
the fact that nearly The whole Dody OF fl''nch
riders and gymuasts are lOyally devoted TO The he-
public.
Like some patr,o,ic Americans this body OF
riders and gymna,ts found 1t possible to reconcile
deem devotion To democracy in the abstract with
oa.cr interest in the monarclicM principle when
nerSoultcd by "A good queen Some OF the Ildcfs
and pymnasts carried enthusiasm to great lengths
There WAS race OF Roman chalists, "a h with TWO
horses, the female competitors III wllch were
uaa.fc,tly on their mcttc and stralning every
nerve TO the attainment Of victory Their names
are not forgotten by ths muse they were "apII
Gle Care brilliant and Dewey, 1.-THE fist ha' lhS
icu her room In =, tie OF sickness, DclHS Ici'c'!
unrest rainahlc IN her cascncss 10 race before inc
/ Queen Of England And then the lyrical ho'e
nscs 1T h:
~l,cu n o,c who were unacqualntcd WITH inc
circumstances might well have pceh s'lu'H w., -,
Tho nervous Emery 81 this young Amazon p"1 i''
/ ,,,,,h thn ,outost We, altogether as earnest ana
real niece of buSn rs could wen nc ih"H lh'"'
and tho result was d anatl'ally sa' ti"V'oil - "i
Who i,,p-nilcd the victor IN '''prl'i' rv' I"
Size shot past the pavilion with proud hush oI
. triumph.
Mar Is Il only the human comp0u oN WHO are
stimulated ly the prsouc" Of the Queen of BIZ
land 1T seemed exaggerated tax on The
| tma,inaii II 10 supp'sc the two elephants 'o'N
and Jenny. stirred by human zeal to appear 81
their best IN the eye, ~ Royalty NJ any r|''
nov amused Her Majesty, which ! suppose To Do
ttc meaning Of Tire sentence which follows; III So
/ rliuhl. ant cent and expert animals l"lrF "o"
an admtring tribute 0 admiration and of curious
int,rs. from the Z ID, who di not omit TO lu''>.
,u,,,,,.s III, 70 the method Of training them When
subsequently TO Their performance she \l''o' t"'i"
81, their stalls We shall hardly get anything
= mon th.,, fbo "admir,ne Tribute of admrtion
| mules. rcrclun.c 4 be the wOfd-plctuic OF The
~,,,ro.iyre ul,bohquc7 with tmrlytWo lady
r,d,. IN foi, oday,s THE whole body com
,.,rIcd by NJ Iucottc I'm dcmoniac costume ana
,oourtcd on n sup.ib chestnut charger Of the Ai'o
,,n. with sIlycry manc and tail ana the cai''oI
M, and ctirvcttings Of tins horscm"n, WIN hiS
uupctuous pushes IN mad career through the r'hI>'
Of FAIR fulc, airaycd under his chaI-c' "''"ou ~
the cncc. Of mingled " illness and discipline
An I'm, and much more did the Queen Of Eng.
land behold. At the end Her Majesty, turning
toward the Ia.l Of Latham rs she rosc' uttered -"
few gracious words wli"h evidently gave HIS
lorI,lhp much qualification 70 wen was licr
Majesty that the chrouiclcr Is able to declare WIN
deli lit that She tJrbOrc TO make use OF the b"'h
chair which had been considerably provided for
her USE But at the same time. adds hc, no'lclm
Tint the a.tcnlanl-mca.lns the man who Wheeled
80, chair ,orc the Victoria Cross
among the medals on his breast. SLe
"ouestioucl him IA the lIad'st manner.
IL. was Rcrimcntal ScrJ,alt Major Champion, '.
C. late Sth llussHrs and gloucester rcomahrN
lad served all tmou II the CIimcan War and In
diam Nutinv. oldest non-commis ioncd officer who
al been eighteen years Rcglmcntal SERGEANT MAJ
,or. And his reward is to be now in command OF
n Bath chair Let us hope Her Majesty took due
note.
A poct heretofore unknown III ENGLAND has sud
deny become known by help of few letters III
"Ihc Stan lard Adam Lindsay Gordon. | sup
pose he can scarcely have been heard OF III Amer
lea but he is worth hearing of. What he wrote
Is not IN the highest strain, he VIII never ma
place IN the front rank even in the s'cond-lh
other words is not Of the first half dozen or tho
second Dozen but for all that has written some
Genuine verse, admin able III it's KIND. AuSlE"il''
where hc wrote, honors him froude calls HIM The
only Loot the Australian colonies have PRODUCED
vet does not rate him very high There are per-
hans not many oi his pieces That can De m"ch
praised. Those on which his fame VIII ultimately
rest are Iocms OF movement and of these How W.
Beat the Favoritc" is one OF the best. lie knew
how to tell story. and his passion Tor holses'
which was said to be his ruin, expressed itself
maj really in music like the gallopng Of hCofs on
the turf. quote one starza:
" Where burrows looked lighter drew the rem ughtcr-
Her dark chest All dapped with flakes Of white foam,